Bacon and Eggs - Not My Idea of Breakfast!!!!

I understand where the OP is coming from. On a scientific basis, the prepreaion of these foods only pack them with unhealthy fats and oils (don't
ask me to explain, it's a bit over my head, but a sceintest named Udo Erasmus has worked all this out). I alsow know for a fact that having a diet
consisting primarily made of such foods over most of your life will result in a verry painfull last few months of life. The idea of having some fruit
for breakfast, along with a grain, maybe blueberries in oatmeal or something, would be verry heathy.

Bacon, eggs, pancakes, sausage, grits, all cheap food back in the day and packed with calories for when most people did physical work. I look forward
to some eggs with bacon or sausage once a week or so.

Weenie food nazis will probably try to ban traditional breakfast for being unhealthy, or cruel to animals or whatever one day, so for now I will enjoy
that type of breakfast in moderation, which is the key to healthy eating anyway.

Enjoy your fruits and nuts, but don't think for a minute you are superior or more enlightened in any way to those of us who have a taste food that we
grew up with.

bft, will definately get to the states in the next 2 or 3 years and may just hold you to that offer, sounds good to me!

tkz, now that sounds like a bang on breakfast sarnie to me, just couldn't be arsed to cook it, would have to get our lass to do it and I'd still
pobably get stuck with cleaning up the mess!
(Why is it a bacon butty but a sausage or anything else sarnie?)

mcm, quality, I'm a bit Hank myself now but our lass is 2000 miles away in Gran Canaria, (just me and the dog), and after a few cold ones and

i've got a bad case of the munchies but I daren't let myself loose in the kitchen!

I have to say for me it was really all I knew. It's what I grew up with. Breakfast sandwiches, eggs and pancakes, etc. All that's changed since I
got my first cholesterol test recently, though! Now it's eggs and bacon/sausage as a rare treat and cheerios w/ skim milk & bananas or berries most
mornings!

The nephew of Sigmund Freud and the father of the PR industry created a campaign to promote bacon sales. You can read about it
here. Not sure if you were fishing for this answer but it was one I had recently
come across in my reading up on Bernays. He is a fascinating person that every American should know, as he has more to do with how we live our lives
than most presidents or the founding fathers.

Originally posted by Mr Knowledge
Can anyone explain to me why or even how bacon and eggs became such a popular breakfast food. Personally, I'd rather eat fresh blueberries, apples, a
frozen fruit bar, raisin bread, or other healthy fruit-based foods. I mean after all, when I think about bacon and eggs, all I can think of is clogged
arterties, quadruple by-pass surgery, digestive disorders, and other other wreaks of havoc on the human body. Can anyone explain to me why they would
rather eat bacon and eggs other that they like the taste? I personally believe an answer like that only explains the weak, simplistic state of mind
many Americans express on a regular basis, and a direct reflection our mindset/approach to health or lack thereof. Somebody please, humor me!!!!

[edit on 8/6/2008 by Mr Knowledge]

Hmm, this is because eggs and bacon are the staple of the traditional fry-up aka The English Breakfast. Trouble is that people don't add the healthy
elements to their diet and the meals they eat (like tomatos for example.) So the can be very healthy!
Don't forget that tomatos are eaten (or should be eaten) with a fry-up anyway and you just have to be in a very hardworking, outdoor environment
where all the stored energy gets used. If the stored energy turns to fat then the problems start. This is factor no1
So if you are an office worker eating this every day then you will end up with complications later in life.
It also depends on whether you have a high-metabolism or not. This is factor no2.
The drop-off of manufacturing work in the western world and the rise of the 'office class' is one reason we see more and more of the traditional
'fry up' getting a bad rep.
Your diet is a healthy one. Well said!

I know up north especially Bacon and Eggs are the breakfast for most people, in the late 1800 early 1900's in Alaska when fresh eggs were rare due to
the winter shipments being late they would season the old eggs with Tabasco suace, and thats one of the reasons Tabasco is so popular up there on
eggs. Also people would eat twice a day, once in the morning, work hard labor( railroads, roads, timber, etc) with not much of a lunch. And dinner
being the main meal. So eggs and bacon were high in fats and calories to help keep the the "coals burnin" up for the Cold weather. Thats also why
people were skinny back then, Hard labor+lower food intake=skinny bod.

down to how we were raised, our parents were raised, their parents..etc. Sort of a sick chain that needs to stop. If there's
ANY healthy benefits from eating ANY kind of (pig)pork, please let me know. Even the Bible (which I know is a constant debate here) claims not to eat
the little guys (Leviticus 11:3...I think). I stopped eating pork almost 2 years ago and haven't got sick yet (knock on wood). The real conspiracy is
why they put bacon on EVERYTHING?!? Especially the chicken and bacon sandwiches. That, to me, sounds like the worst combo ever...YUCK!! I don't
understand it.

I dont know much about what each bit of food I eat does to my body but surely some of these if not all have at least some good effects on the body!?
Your arteries are only gonna clog up if you eat this then sit on your backside doing nothing! Excersise is your friend!

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